Egg case



, Oct. 15, 1929. J, J, BURSQN 1,731,841

Clt/tonnage.

Oct. l5, 1929. J. J. BuRsoN EGG CASE Filed July 17, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented Get. 15, 1929 FFlClS.

JOEL J. BURSON, OF MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS EGG CASE Application filed July 17,

This invention aims to provide an egg r can be manufactured cheaply and be folded up into small compass when desired, the structure being light, portable and strong.

lt is Within the province ot the disclosure to .improife generally and enhance the .ilit f ci1 devices ot that tv ie to which the invention appertains.

'lll ith the above and other objects in view,

scope ol' what is claimed, without departing i the spirit et the intention.

the accompanying drawing Figure l shows in top plan, a device constrneted in accorilance with the inventiorgi;

Figure 2 is a section ol'I the structure shown in Figure l;

Figure 2l is a view wherein the case is shown :l'ol ded g lli gure d is an end elevation; Figure 5 a sectional view oi one ot the .latches 5 lligure 6 is a sectional view showing the hinged mountingn oi' the lid.

'..lhe device forming1 the subject matter of this application prelerably is made oit Wire throughout, and includes sides l and 2. The side l has a rectangular extension l and the side has a rectangular extension fle. extensions 3 The and l are located in dialnet ricalljyfY opposite corners oi' the case, as Figure will show. in end 5 is provided and is hinged at ifi to the eiltension l of the side 2. ylihe cud 5 is iiinged at 7 to one extremity ol the side l. An end 8 is provino-d and is hinged at 9 to the extension olf the le l.

'.l`he end 8 is hinged at l() to the extremity of the side 2.

rlhe numeral ll marks a lid. The lid 11 hinged at 19, to the upper bar el: the side The lid carries spring actuated latches 1928. Serial N0. 293,324.

ld- Which engage With the upper bar ot the side 2. A partition l5 is hingen at 16 to one oi the uprights ot the side 2 and is connected by a. latch i7 with one of the uprights ot the side l, the latch l? being constructed like the latch ld. rlhe bottom is shown at 18 and is hinged at 19 to the lower bar ot the side 2, the bottom being connected releasably by one or more latches 2O with the lower longitudinal bar ot the side l. Flexible ele# ments 2l, such as chains, extend across the ase from the lower ,longitudinal bar ot the side l to the lower longitudinal bai' et the side 2 and en gage the undersurtace of the bottoni lil to aid in supporting the bottoni and the load that superposed thereon.

ln practical operation, the partition l5 may be unlatched at "i7 and lplded into parallelism with the side 9.. lhe lid ll may be unlatched at le and folded into parallelism With the side l, the bottom 18 may be unlatcbed at 2O and folded, and, then, the entire case may be flattened down into the compact forni shown in Figure 8, the sides and the ends of the case being arranged in pairs, in approximate parallelism to each other, and the oiifsets or extensions at 3 and at 4lgiving rooin for the parts that are folded inside of the collapsed case.

The device is simple in construction but is so made up that it Will be strongv to Withstaiul hard use either when set up or knocked down.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is ln a device ol the class described, ends and sides hingedly connected, for folding into ogjiproniinate parallelism, a lid and a bottom hingedly connected With the sides and 'l'oldable Within the device when the saine is collapsed., and flexible elements extendingl between t-he lower portions of the sides and engaged beneath the bottoni to aid in upholdingthe bottom.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing` as my own, I have hereto ailiKed inv signature.

JOEL J. BUR-SON.

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